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Kate Greenaway

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The Resume

    (March 17, 1846-November 6, 1901)
    Born in London, United Kingdom
    Illustrator and author of children's books
    Wrote the collection of verses 'Under the Willow'
    Illustrated 'Kate Greenaway's Christmas Carols,' 'Kate Greenaway's Alphabet,' 'Kate Greenaway's Album,' 'A Apple Pie: An Old-Fashioned Alphabet Book,' 'Queen Victoria's Jubliee Garland,' 'The April Baby's Book of Tunes,' 'Mother Goose: Or the Old Nursey Rhymes' and 'The Pied Piper of Hamlin'
    Namesake for the Kate Greenaway Medal given to the British artist who produced the most distinguished children's book illustrations

Why she might be annoying:

    She said she cried the first time she had to wear a long dress.
    She got her first illustrating jobs thanks to the connections of her father, an established engraver.
    She and critic John Ruskin conducted conversations in baby talk when they met.
    She was convinced Ruskin was going to marry her. (Her publisher, on the other hand, was convinced that Ruskin's interest was limited to her drawings of pre-pubescent girls.)

Why she might not be annoying:

    She had a photographic memory.
    She was paid just three pounds for a greeting card that sold 25,000 copies in a month.
    She became a member of the Royal Institute of Painters and exhibited her watercolors at the Royal Academy.
    Her illustrations inspired lines of children's clothes that were so popular she was said to have 'dressed the children of two continents.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 29.41% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying